How did the torpedoes get on the Enterprise...

[Captrek]

...after Scotty refused to sign for them? Did Chekov sign for them? If so, did he have any idea at the time why Scotty was no longer CE? Scotty resigning without letting his successor know why he resigned seems kind of pointless, and Chekov signing despite Scotty's action seems like a major decision that shouldn't happen offscreen.

 

[BillJ]

Kirk probably ended up signing for them.

 

[Timo]

The big point would appear to be that Chekov is a yes-man who caves in for Kirk, presumably because of his juniority, while Scotty was more critical of everything, including Kirk's authority.

If Kirk just wanted the next engineer down the line, he wouldn't pick Chekov but some random Lieutenant from Scotty's team. Instead, he picks the wunderkind Ensign who then does his bidding, having too juvenile a worldview to doubt Kirk's motivations or authority - no matter what Scotty might tell him in a huff.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Jedi_Master]

Since no one was there to sign for them, Federation Express left a door hanger with the expected re-delivery date. Since they would have already been on Kronos when the torpedos were scheduled to be delivered, Kirk had to go to their local office and arrange a special pickup. Fortunately for him, the office manager was the same guy Kirk had given his super cycle too a few years earlier, so he not only cut him a break on the delivery fee, he also looked the other way when Kirk forged Scotty's signature.

 

[martok2112]

Since no one was there to sign for them, Federation Express left a door hanger with the expected re-delivery date. Since they would have already been on Kronos when the torpedos were scheduled to be delivered, Kirk had to go to their local office and arrange a special pickup. Fortunately for him, the office manager was the same guy Kirk had given his super cycle too a few years earlier, so he not only cut him a break on the delivery fee, he also looked the other way when Kirk forged Scotty's signature.

 

[eyeresist]

Scott does say "Get these bloody things off my ship," so the missiles were already on board. Signing was just a formality.

 

[Timo]

I gather S31 is actually big on formality, what with the leather uniforms and all.

Then again, there's probably a whole department of S31 dedicated to forging signatures into their own documents. Evil takes practice, practice, practice!

Timo Saloniemi

 

[eyeresist]

SCOTT: I'm not signing anything.
KIRK : [looks closer] Seems like you did actually sign for them already. Also, I am a "horse's ass"?

 

[YellowSubmarine]

Given how much stuff went off the record in this one, I am surprised anyone had to sign for anything. I guess 31 wanted to track their ultra-secret torpedoes, even if the authorization was a formal step that could be... overlooked for other hardware. Kirk signed, and Chekov was probably as aware of their existence only by overhearing something.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Given how much stuff went off the record in this one, I am surprised anyone had to sign for anything. I guess 31 wanted to track their ultra-secret torpedoes, even if the authorization was a formal step that could be... overlooked for other hardware. Kirk signed, and Chekov was probably as aware of their existence only by overhearing something.

It was just bad luck that Scotty was nearby when the torpedoes arrived.

 

[eyeresist]

It was just bad luck that Scotty was nearby when the torpedoes arrived.

For some reason, the cargo bay is accessed through engineering.

 

[Timo]

For some reason, the cargo bay is engineering! As well as being shuttlebay, torpedo launch bay and a generic passageway to the bridge...

I guess these people never felt internal bulkheads had a role to play in starship construction.

Timo Saloniemi